HOW DO LEADER HANDLE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONCEPT
Resisting change are part of change management process, resistance to change occurs in all organizations and at all levels. It is quite common for employee to resist a change process, most often resistance to change are due to ignorance on the effect of the planned change, lack of trust, fear of losing one’s job, fear of personal failure, perception that change is not possible or necessary, resistance is actually a healthy process as it helps the leader to revalidate the planned change and reinforce his or her strategies.
Resistance to change can take different pattern or styles like employee’s reduction of production output increase in the number of staff resigning from their duties, request
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USEFULNESS OF THE CONCEPT TO THE CURRENT WORLD
Every true change agent and a true leader must anticipate resistance to change and develop skills in handling employee’s resistance to change processes. Much of the resistance to change can be averted if an effective change management is applied on the project right from the start of the project. While resistance is the normal resistance to change process can reduce the amount of resistance from employees. If leader can implement change processes on the right way for the first time, subsequent change management can be incepted with less resistance or no resistance at all.
The leader should be able to spend quality time in assessing sources of resistance and main reasons for resistance to change, fear of going into an unknown project or situation can cause a measure of anxiety and stress which the employees will rather forgo and prefer to remain in the current state or level of experience or status of
The Gilded age was a period in the late 1800s (1865-1900) that showed tremendous increase of wealth caused by the industrial age. The lifestyle of the rich during this period hid the many problems of the time that eventually brought about the progressive era movement. This was a movement for reform between 1900-1920s. Progressives typically held that the irresponsible actions of the rich were corrupting both public and private life. Forces such as immigration, the Populist Party and industrialization that led to the progressive era also impacted the American government both in its activeness and its democracy.
“The greatest hope for humanity lies not in condemning violence, but in making violence obsolete” (Raqib Paragraph 16). This statement conveys how nonviolence resistance can defeat oppression and can discourage violence when resolving problems. Oppression is an unjust treatment or control added to others. There are many ways to overcome oppression, nonviolent resistance is the most accepted, due to the fact that during many years, the method of acceptance has created no difference by just waiting and violence only causes people to reject the idea or topic being protested. Nonviolent resistance, specifically, the practice of speaking out, is the most successful way to overcome oppression because it does not cause harm to others while protesting
Conformity vs Individuality: Can we escape conformity? An estimated 75% of people conform in the world. We all do. Sometimes we conform and don’t even know we do it.
Change is something we go through everyday throughout our lifetime; your life doesn’t get better by chance, it gets better by change. Often when change occurs, individuals will resist it because the change will threaten their established way of life. However, once people see the other benefits change brings, they will often learn to accept and even embrace it. Pleasantville suggests that everyone need change in their life, or else things would just keep repeating like if you’re acting as a role for a movie. In Pleasantville, everything is perfect because everyone has a role, and always know what to do and what will happen in the future.
Things can change, as you can see change is not bad. Each time a new president for the united states is elected the usa does go through a dramatic change and can turn into good or bad. You can become someone better or worse. depending on you and your personal experiences. You can change your life into a billionaire if you win the lotto see there is another good change in yourself.
Some of the people are rejecting new things because they do not want to start all over again. Some people will still accept the innovations because of their jobs need or the interest of the new things around them. According to the article the ordeal of change written by Eric Hoffer, the author states that a workingman will do his job leisurely because he is sure about his skills. However, when things change totally different, the workingman must to do the job and unwilling to work in the new environment. The workingman needs to adjust in a new situation for a period of time and get used to the new working environment.
Monetary and Societal Obstacles Societal simply comes from the word society and it means relating to society. Monetary refers to money. In our society monetary and societal obstacles can intertwine. These obstacles can even build on each other. Consequently, this can cause bigger problems if they are not handled correctly.
Edna Pontillier in Kate Chopin’s novella The Awakening seeks independence and freedom via an unconventional lifestyle that creates her internal conflict. The conflict is sparked by the Apollonian and Dionysian ways of life that surround Edna. The two contrasting forces influence her decisions and the way she interacts with others. Edna’s Dionysian and Apollonian influences effect the way that she treats her children, interacts with her husband, and relates to other women in her town.
Reasons for choosing Rameshwar Sangha: • We choose this leader because he has a positive attitude towards his life which we also need to learn. • We all sometimes somewhere are resistant to change so as a group we want to learn some tips that what can be done to accept change as change is the only constant thing. • We wanted to learn that how he managed to reach at such a position and being so successful as he was also an immigrant and it is very difficult for an immigrant to settle in another country. • To learn about the important values and ethics that he demonstrates as a leader.
Peaceful resistance and the freedom to protest has always been the basis of America’s fundamentals of democracy. The American people hold the right to criticize their government and make known when they do not approve of their policies. Because of this, I believe that peaceful resistance has been a successful way to move the American people closer to a free society In fact, our country has been founded on the basis of peaceful resistance through the boycotting of the Stamp Act to the various political cartoons that sparked the American revolution. Peaceful resistance has always been a tool for awareness to social and political issues.
Hence, leaders need to be prepared and manage readiness to the alteration by making an environment of honesty and transparency for their team as a successful implementation of the change is unlikely. Employees must be part of the change hence, they must to be told about the requirement of the change and be given a reward to motivate to embrace the change. If change be accepted by all recipients it can be implemented quickly and effectively. The leaders’ attitudes and behaviors have both positive and negative alterations on the change success. Therefore, leaders of organizations need to try and develop a more framing and shaping behavior, adding skills on themselves to change and motivate the subordinates towards the embracing the change.
In today's society, the balance between individualism and conformity to society's expectations is a prominent and deceptive conflict. Oftentimes, the individual must put his uniqueness aside and settle for a view of an occupation, hobby, or idea that society agrees with. Instead of expressing original and creative ideas, they are held hostage by comparing themselves with the lives and accomplishments of others and the standards their our society. One of the biggest tools of society, social media, allows people to share ideas and interests with everyone. However, naturally, one will only post what he knows others will accept and enjoy just as he does.
Response to Intervention is a multi-tiered instructional approach to early identify students who are experiencing difficulties in daily classroom learning and are not meeting grade-level expectations. As a student moves across each tier the academic intervention changes and becomes more concentrated. The purpose of RTI is to recognized students when they begin to struggle and provide them with a high quality instructional approach, to avoid the unnecessary LD label to students who can be helped to improve their academic performance. Within RTI students’ development are recorded through curriculum base progress monitoring. Some elements of RTI are as followed; all students are screen entering the school, there are three tiers of increasingly intense instruction, the first tier occurs in regular education, continuously monitoring students’ progress through objective tests.
According to Lines* (2004), there is a positive correlation between subordinate participation in change processes and success of change management projects.
‘Organizations provide its managers with legitimate authority to lead, but there is no assurance that they will be able to lead effectively’ (Lunenburg, 2011). Organizational success usually requires a combination of both management and leadership. In today’s dynamic work environment, leaders are expected to challenge the present state of affairs, and to motivate and convince organization members. Managers are needed to assist in creating and maintaining a positive and well-functioning workplace. ‘Leadership and management are often considered practically overlapping concepts’ (Bohoris and Vorria, 2007, p. 1).